Our 2024 Annual Meeting Program
San Diego, California, November 22-24
Friday, Nov. 22
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Hilton Bayfront, Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level)
AAR Program: P22-501
Theme: Anantanand Rambachan’s Pathways to Hindu-Christian Dialogue (Fortress, 2022), the Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies, 2019-2023 (Theology/Philosophy).
Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University, Presiding
Panelists:
Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida
Reid Locklin, University of Toronto
Patrick Beldio, University of Scranton
Bhakti Mamtora, University of Arizona
Responding:
Anantanand Rambachan, St. Olaf College
Saturday, Nov. 23
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Hilton Bayfront, Cobalt 501C (Fifth Level)
AAR Program: P23-100
Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Board Meeting
Kalpesh Bhatt, University of Mary Washington, Presiding
Saturday, Nov. 23
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Grand Hyatt, America’s Cup CD (Fourth Level)
AAR Program: P23-108
Theme: The Role of Context in Hindu-Christian Engagement
Elsa Marty, Institute for Vaishnava Studies, Presiding
Panelists:
Arun W. Jones, Emory University
Indic Kingly Ideologies and the Shaping of Missionary Vocations in 19th Century Rajasthan
Jess Navarette, Boston College
Hindu Integration of Jesus Christ in the United States Contemporary Context
Maharshi Vyas, University of California Santa Barbara
Gathering the Family: A Subaltern Woman’s Perspective on Hindu-Christian Conflict Resolution
Charissa Jaeger-Sanders, Graduate Theological Union
A Mayhaw Among the Lotus Blossoms
Jason W. Smith, Mercer University
The Role of Ethics in the Hindu-Christian Engagement Around the Tirukkural
Elsa Marty, Institute for Vaishnava Studies
The Promise and Pitfalls of Context: Hinduisms, Christianities and Contexts
Business Meeting
Kalpesh Bhatt, University of Mary Washington, Presiding
Saturday, Nov. 23
3:00 — 4:30 p.m.
Convention Center 15A (Mezzanine Level)
AAR Program: P23-301
Theme: Aging, Death, and Death Rituals in Hindu Christian Contexts
Arun W. Jones, Emory University, Presiding
Panelists:
Stephanie Corigliano, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
What do we need to forget? Mystical experience, Kaivalya, and the realities of Dementia
Shruti Dixit, University of St. Andrews
Antyeṣṭi and Catholic Funeral Rites: A Dialogue on Food, Water, and Incense
Jeffrey Long, Elizabethtown College
The Dialectic of Finality and Eternity: Hindu and Christian Funerary Rituals as Catalysts for Acceptance of Death
Viraj Patel, University of Chicago
Did I Burn My Bad Karma? Addressing Physical and Spiritual Pain at Death